Brumstopdogs

Looking at the amount of goals we concede away from home I can't feel us confident about this one. I'm expecting a 3-2 win for Blackpool with DJ Campbell and Adams scoring! More dodgy tactics and lame excuses from Houllier to follow...

A number of clubs in the premier league offer the first two cup games as part of the season ticket in order to improve attendances for what can be quite frankly games of low interest. Have we considered such a thing? Seems to link in to the rewarding season ticket holders too perhaps.

I would like to see: Friedel GK Waker RB Dunne CB Cuellar CB Clark LB Albrighton/Downing RM NRC CM Makoun CM Young LM Gabby CF Bent CF

You clearly haven't seen Salifou playing then!

2 up front - don't be silly. We might actually look decent playing that. It makes far more sense to play people out of position.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Houllier pick Gabby on the left again and Young, ineffectual as ever, in the hole. I think Blackpool will win 3-2.

General Why, when we have a superior squad and resources to Bolton, Stoke, Newcastle, Blackburn and Fulham do we find ourselves in a worse position to all of them? Some might say we made a very poor managerial appointment.

Why does our football manager not see when something just isn't working? So frustrating to see us make the same mistakes again, again and again!

Houllier has to take the blame again. Teams like Bolton, Stoke, Newcastle, Blackburn and Fulham are above us in the league - you can't convince me they have better squads/resources to work with. Clark isn't a left back. The Collins/Dunne partnership overall just does not work. Petrov is slow and how he gets in the team in front of NRC is a mystery to me. Gabby should be playing up front. Young is woeful playing in the hole. Sadly our poor manager hasn't worked this out despite is being blindly obvious. Houllier out

We have a strong bench which is a positive. As long as Young is on the wing and not up front then we might have a chance.

Fulham have conceded just THREE goals in 7 league matches therefore this looks like a really tight game with possibly the odd goal deciding it. They've also scored a higher % of headed goals than any other team in the premier league so possibly Cuellar coming in for Walker might be a good idea. Either way, you just know Sidwell is going to score a 30 yard screamer!!!

I really hope we go 4-4-2 for this one. We're at home so should be going for it from the start!

I can see this being a low scoring game - Fulham don't tend to give much away. Wouldn't be surprised if it finished 1-1 but we need a win here.

What a huge generalisation you've made there. :shock:

If we were 10 years younger Brad Friedel wouldn't be playing for us Wakey wakey

Didn't expect anything from the game so not too disappointed. By the sound of things Makoun played well. Sounds like Petrov's days might be numbered.

Your laughing at them not breaking the 1000 point barrier when they are 7 points off it Therefore as we stand today haven't broken the 1000 point barrier

I hope he goes to Newcastle and does OK and then we get rid of him. Seen enough of him to think he's got a bad attitude.

All time prem top 8: P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pt 1 Manchester United 719 267 64 29 798 227 196 92 71 627 384 +814 1545 2 Arsenal 719 230 85 44 722 295 159 105 96 525 352 +600 1357 3 Chelsea 719 220 92 47 691 288 154 94 112 499 393 +509 1308 4 Liverpool 720 225 85 50 691 279 133 97 130 470 421 +461 1256 5 Aston Villa 720 163 110 87 497 343 108 108 144 418 508 +64 1031 6 Tottenham Hotspur 719 176 93 91 588 414 92 96 171 395 545 +24 993 7 Everton 719 157 103 99 528 397 92 101 167 372 526 -23 951 8 Newcastle United 639 173 79 68 565 329 82 92 145 355 481 +110 936 I notice only 5 premier league clubs have broken the 1000 point barrier

28th Jan Asked whether there is any chance of signing a striker "There's no chance" http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_6707341,00.html 29th Jan "Magpies reject £23m Carroll bid" http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_6708608,00.html Could Twitchy be up to his old tricks again?!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1347791/Sir-Alex-Fergusons-new-feud-referee-Mike-Dean.html Even Fergie agrees: "The kind of pressure we were under were just long balls into the box really" Good old Stratford "less league titles than Huddersfield Town" Hoofspurs

A win is a win! Big result for us. Performance can be improved though.

Beige pant job!

Same old Villa - we never do it easy. Backs to the walls lads!!!